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Marcel Eckardt
Marcel Eckardt (born 27 October 1989 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German snooker and Pool (cue sports), pool referee. Career Eckardt is from Töppeln, close to Gera in Germany. At the age of 13 he became interested in snooker while watching Eurosport. With nowhere to play it close to his childhood home, he took up snooker later in his life, and continues to mostly play pool. In 2008 he completed his first course in snooker refereeing, earning the National Association of Thuringia C-licence in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, and later obtained the national B-licence. He first refereed professional players in 2010, during an exhibition tournament in Bruges, featuring Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis, amongst others. The same year he applied to referee the new Players Tour Championship, and he gained experience in European tournaments and in qualification matches for the Main Tour. He refereed his first Players Tour Championship final at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic, and his first major ranking tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 German Masters
The 2013 German Masters (officially the 2013 Betfair German Masters) was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January – 3 February 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the Snooker season 2012/2013, 2012/2013 season. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year. Ali Carter won his third ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 9–6 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: Euro, €60,000 *Runner-up: €32,000 *Semi-final: €16,000 *Quarter-final: €9,000 *Last 16: €4,500 *Last 32: €2,750 *Last 64: €1,500 *Non-televised highest break: €0 *Televised highest break: €2,000 *Total: €300,000 Main draw Final Qualifying Qualifying matches were held between 28 and 30 November 2012 at the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. 10 matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Snooker Championship
The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the wealthiest, with total prize money in 2022 of £2,395,000, including £500,000 for the winner. First held in 1927, it is now one of the three tournaments (together with the UK Championship and the invitational Masters) that make up snooker's Triple Crown Series. The reigning world champion is Ronnie O'Sullivan. Joe Davis dominated the tournament over its first two decades, winning the first 15 world championships before he retired undefeated after his final victory in 1946. The distinctive World Championship trophy, topped by a Greek shepherdess figurine, was acquired by Davis in 1926 for £19 and continues in use to this day. No tournaments were held between 1941 and 1945 due to World War II, or between 1952 and 1963 due to a dispute between the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Northern Ireland Open
The 2020 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. It was the fifth edition of the Northern Ireland Open. For the third consecutive edition of the tournament, Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in final, winning his 19th ranking title. He is the first player to win a ranking event three times in a row since Stephen Hendry won the UK Championship from 1994 to 1996. He is also the first to win four Home Nations Series titles, and the second, after Mark Selby, to win two Home Nations events in a single season. During this tournament, he made the fifth maximum break of his career in the third frame of his second-round match with Gao Yang. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Championship League (2)
The 2020 Championship League (also known as the BetVictor Championship League Snooker 2020) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 13 September to 30 October 2020 in the Ballroom, Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England. The event featured 117 players from the World Snooker Tour as well as ten players from the 2020 Q School Order of Merit. It featured three rounds of round-robin groups of four, before a best-of-five final. It was the 15th edition of the Championship League, and it was a ranking tournament for the first time. Ryan Day made his second career maximum break in the final frame of his match against Rod Lawler, and John Higgins made his 11th career maximum in the final frame of his match against Kyren Wilson. Kyren Wilson won the tournament with a 3–1 final victory over Judd Trump. This was Wilson's fourth ranking title. He ended Trump's 10-final winning streak. Tournament format There were 127 players taking part in the event. The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Snooker Championship
The 2020 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2020 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 31 July to 16 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 44th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible. The final ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, the tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 18 April to 4 May 2020, but both the qualifying stage and the main rounds were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was one of the first to allow live audiences since the onset of the pandemic, but on the first day it was announced that the event would be played behind closed doors for subsequent days. A limited number of spectators were allowed in for the final two days of the championship. The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2019 Scottish Open (known as the 19.com Scottish Open due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament, which took place from 9 to 15 December 2019 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the third tournament of the Home Nations Series. The event featured a prize fund of £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000, and was sponsored by sports bookmakers 19.com. The tournament was broadcast across Europe on Eurosport. The defending champion was Mark Allen who completed a 9–7 defeat of Shaun Murphy in the 2018 final, but he lost 5–6 to Jack Lisowski in the semi-finals. The final was contested between Mark Selby and Lisowski. Selby claimed his 17th ranking title and became the first player to win two Home Nations events in a single season after a 9–6 victory over Lisowski in the final. Lisowski made the highest of the event, a 143, in frame three of his quarter-final win over Thepchaiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 UK Championship
The 2018 UK Championship (also known as the 2018 Betway UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 27 November to 9 December 2018. It was the ninth ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2018/2019 season. The event was broadcast on BBC Sport and Eurosport in the United Kingdom. Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, defeated Mark Allen 10–6 in the final, winning his 7th UK Championship and his 34th ranking event overall. In doing so, he became the first player since Stephen Hendry in 1996 to successfully defend the UK title. O'Sullivan broke Hendry's record for the most Triple Crown titles (18), Steve Davis's record of UK Championship titles (6) and became the second player to defend all Triple Crown tournaments at least once, after Hendry. The win was 25 years after his first UK Championship title as a 17 year old in 1993. Stuart Bingham made the event's highest of 145 in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Northern Ireland Open
The 2017 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2017 Dafabet Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 and 26 November 2017 in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. It was the second edition of the Northern Ireland Open. Mark King was the defending champion, but he was beaten 1–4 in the third round by Yan Bingtao. Yan went on to reach the final, becoming the youngest ever finalist of a ranking event. He faced Mark Williams, who won the 19th ranking title of his career by beating Yan 9–8. Williams had come from 7–8 behind to win, and denied Yan becoming the youngest ever winner of a ranking event. Ronnie O'Sullivan still holds that record for the 1993 UK Championship. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £70,000 * Runner-up: £30,000 * Semi-final: £20,000 * Quarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 European Masters
The 2016 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–9 October 2016 at the Globus Circus in Bucharest, Romania. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Shaun Murphy made the 121st official maximum break in the second frame of his round two qualifying match against Allan Taylor. It was Murphy's fifth professional maximum break. 11 of the world's current top 16 players qualified for the main stages in Bucharest. Stuart Bingham, Mark Williams, Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson lost in the qualifying rounds in Preston, while new Shanghai Masters champion Ding Junhui withdrew. Former professional Zak Surety and Daniel Womersley were the only two amateur players to qualify. Judd Trump won the event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. This was Trump's sixth ranking title. Trump made three centuries in the final, the third one being his 400th career century. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money from thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Indian Open
The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India. It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round. Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £13,500 * Quarter-final: £9,000 * Last 16: £6,000 * Last 32: £3,000 * Last 64: £2,000 * Televised highest break: £2,000 * Total: £300,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000. Wildcard round These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016. Main draw Final Qualifying These match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 16 to 22 February 2015. The tournament was staged in Cardiff for the first time since 2004, having moved from Newport. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Matthew Stevens in the last 32. The best-performing Welsh player was Mark Williams, who reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in 12 years. He lost 5–6 to Ben Woollaston, who reached the first ranking final of his professional career. John Higgins defeated Woollaston 9–3 in the final to win the Welsh Open for a record fourth time and claim his first ranking title in two and a half years. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £60,000 *Runner-up: £30,000 *Semi-finals: £20,000 *Quarter-finals: £10,000 *Last 16: £5,000 *Last 32: £2,500 *Last 64: £1,500 *Highest break: £2,000 *Total: £300,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 English Open (snooker)
The 2018 English Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 15 to 21 October 2018 in Crawley, West Sussex, England. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. The defending champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who defeated Kyren Wilson in the 2017 event. However, O'Sullivan would lose to Mark Davis 1–6 in the semi-final. O'Sullivan was highly critical of the venue stating "The worst part was not the smell of urine..."This is about as bad as I've ever seen. It's a bit of a hellhole....I don't know what this gaff is, but I've just done an interview and all I can smell is urine." Stuart Bingham won his fifth professional ranking title with a 9–7 victory against Mark Davis, who had reached his first ever ranking final at the age of 46, playing in his 28th season on the professional tour. Bingham became the first player to win two Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
